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Elizabeth Wickenden with Arthur Altmeyer

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Elizabeth Wickenden, standing to the left of Arthur Altmeyer, was a social welfare and Social Security policy consultant, analyst, and writer, and professor of public policy and urban studies. Two women are unidentified.She was a member of the federal Advisory Council on Public Welfare during the 1960s and President Kennedy's Task Force on Health and Social Security Legislation (1960-1961). As a consultant on public social policy, Wickenden analyzed and interpreted policy and legislation, studied problems, helped formulate goals and strategies, and promoted social action.In 1978 she took on a leading role in the Study Group on Social Security and the Save Our Security Coalition.

Date Created:
circa 1960-1969

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Date Created
circa 1960-1969

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Image
Extent
1 photograph
Dimensions
26 x 21 cm

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COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W012FUI
Legacy ID
WHi 106315

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